laotsu Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yeah,interesting film indeed. Liberace sure lived how he wanted to,which I reckon is more than many people can really say. except that he denied his sexuality to his death-bed. That's always seemed sad to me. I loved him as a kid on the Muppet Show or Carson, total showman. 1 Link to comment
laotsu Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Smoke? Smoke wouldn't eat store bought jerky. He made his own with raw beef cured under his saddle. 1 Link to comment
VFR800 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 except that he denied his sexuality to his death-bed. That's always seemed sad to me. I loved him as a kid on the Muppet Show or Carson, total showman. So true,owing to the period he lived in he was in the "closet" . It was obvious of course to all that he was one. A London newspaper lost a law suit Liberace took against them for printing that he was gay. His reasons for suing were purely commercial as were he to be "out" so many people would not do business with him. This was the same for Rock Hudson and a lot of Hollywood actors/actresses. Link to comment
laotsu Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 So true,owing to the period he lived in he was in the "closet" . It was obvious of course to all that he was one. A London newspaper lost a law suit Liberace took against them for printing that he was gay. His reasons for suing were purely commercial as were he to be "out" so many people would not do business with him. This was the same for Rock Hudson and a lot of Hollywood actors/actresses. yeah a lot of societal censure on that front. That's the big reason it bugs me when somebody uses a homosexual reference in a negative manner. Like if somebody says "That's ghey." I don't care that you are mis-spelling the word to remove it from the sexuality you are still suggesting that somebodies nature is negative. I "get" the sentiment, usually the person is trying to say "That is really effete and I feel threatened by the idea that something like that can exist without need for the macho physicality I find so necessary in life." 2 Link to comment
VFR800 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 yeah a lot of societal censure on that front. That's the big reason it bugs me when somebody uses a homosexual reference in a negative manner. Like if somebody says "That's ghey." I don't care that you are mis-spelling the word to remove it from the sexuality you are still suggesting that somebodies nature is negative. I "get" the sentiment, usually the person is trying to say "That is really effete and I feel threatened by the idea that something like that can exist without the need for the macho physicality I find so necessary in life." I hear ya. As a teen we would say "that's so gay" and meant like as if gay or homosexual was lame etc all the while I did not fully realise (or take the time to think on) the negative connotation and where it was coming from. The wording is still used a lot even in pop culture; Link to comment
laotsu Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 yeah it's a huge civil rights issue. I have evolved to be intensely individualistic and am shocked and dismayed when I see others toeing the line of status quo. That individualism that I hold dear feels threatened when I see others being persecuted for being who they are. I suppose it's a bit of the old "When the Nazis came for the Communists.." argument, if you are going to ridicule that guy for being the way he is what's to say one day I wont be the subject of ridicule. Unless someone is harming others I don't really have a problem, I might troll them and think they are an asshole but I don't feel righteous about it. Link to comment
VFR800 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yeah,there's a lot of well worse things one could be than being homosexual. And I do not say that meaning being gay is bad in the first place. Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 You working again SMOKE? Link to comment
graveltrapp Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 This does me no good without an area code ^^^ Little help. Link to comment
RatVonDude Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 dude your like a Justin Tendrilake with these north of the border mountain stock gems 1 Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Who doesn't know what a sleep number is 4 Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Who doesn't know what a sleep number is Someone who puts extra consonants in words. 1 Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 so my mother just requested a song on 107.7 the bone and when asked to throw the weed man a bone, she said "i dont have one, the dogs might?" smh 1 Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 On the gay topic: i was a young teenager when Rock Hudson came out and it was almost as shocking as the death of Elvis had been a few years earlier. So many people just could not accept that such a handsome, rugged man was a lifelong homosexual and now Neil Patrick Harris thrives off that same sexual orientation that kept guys like Caesar Romero and Grampa Walton in fear for their careers. Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Stop it, you're making me hot. Link to comment
tr8er Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 NPH is my favorite Gay actor. Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 pretty sure hes not acting gay Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 My nominee for funniest gay dude in an "acting like a gay dude role" ever,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i present 1 Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 oh, I (platonically) love me some Nathan Lane but my favorite gay actor was from a different era. 2 Link to comment
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